[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 73990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7345]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Georgia Institute of Technology, et al. Notice of Consolidated 
Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscopes

    This is a decision consolidated pursuant to section 6(c) of the 
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 
(Pub. L. 89-651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be 
viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Suite 4100W, Franklin Court 
Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1099 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 05-041. Applicant: Georgia Institute of Technology, 
Atlanta, GA 30332. Instrument: Dual Beam Electron Microscope, Model 
Quanta 200 3D Nanolab. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 67450, November 7, 2005. Order Date: 
April 4, 2004.

    Docket Number: 05-042. Applicant: Georgia Institute of Technology, 
Atlanta, GA 30332. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model NOVA 200 3D 
Nanolab. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: See 
notice at 70 FR 67451, November 7, 2005. Order Date: April 4, 2004.

    Docket Number: 05-043. Applicant: Massachusetts General Hospital, 
Boston, MA 02114. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1011. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 
67451. Order Date: January 13, 2005.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as these instruments are intended to be used, was being 
manufactured in the United States at the time the instruments were 
ordered. Reasons: Each foreign instrument is an electron microscope and 
is intended for research or scientific educational uses requiring an 
electron microscope. We know of no electron microscope, or any other 
instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in 
the United States either at the time of order of each instrument OR at 
the time of receipt of application by U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E5-7345 Filed 12-13-05; 8:45 am]
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